Liberation Movements

NDF: DCWD-Hedcor deal will pave way to water utility privatization

The National Democratic Front (NDF) in southern Mindanao cautioned the public against the collusion of the Aboitiz-owned Hedcor Tamugan Incorporated (HTI) and the state-owned Davao City Water District (DCWD) as…

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NPAs release Manero on humanitarian grounds

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

Davao City -- The Communist New People's Army released former army sergeant Jose Manero, a former Ilaga leader and brother of released priest killer Norberto Manero, after three months in captivity. Rigoberto F. Sanchez, the regional spokesperson of the NPA in Southern Mindanao, said the NPA granted conditional amnesty to Manero because of his admission of guilt and issuance of a public apology for the "crimes" and "serious violations of human rights committed against the people.?

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NDF to discuss workers’ complaints vs. ‘despotic’ companies

The National Democratic Front (NDF) in southern Mindanao has received the complaints filed by the Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions (RCTU) in southern Mindanao against the Stanfilco-Dole Philippines, Lapanday, Fraklin…

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